The David Archuleta Tuesday Run-down. ONLY TWO MORE WEEKS! NMHF Gifting program announced! Como La Flor vote, A fan request that started it all, David’s Causin’ Trouble, San Antonio Stupendous Pix, Stories and Concert-Waiting-Vid!

I actually see these two quotes are, in a way, related. A nice reflection from David ~ as we near his one year anniversary of service. Nice of him to think to send us some inspiration today. I’ll take it

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Just Two Weeks (or less) Left!

No Matter How Far is almost here! Two more weeks and we will have the lastest and greatest CD in our hot little hands or electronically on our hot little iTunes folders.

Either way works for me (until of course I get the physical CD in my hot little hands).

Some fans may get their NMHF CD’s early! TOTALLY JELLUS!!!!

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Gifting program announced!

We now have a number of generous donors of CDs…so we are ready to announce the:

No Matter How Far Gifting Program

Until stock runs out, we are opening up requests for CDs from those who cannot get access to No Matter How Far since it is not distributed in your country AND/OR you are not able to receive it due to financial considerations.

And we ask that you be patient as donors do not have CD’s yet, and some take longer to arrive than others. We won’t be able to answer inquiries about when CDs are mailed out because that will be based upon donors, many of which will remain anonymous.

We would love to hear from all recipients by tweet or email when the CD arrives and know what you think of the CD!!!

Thank you again to all the generous donors!

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You are beautiful, Como La Flor

Second last song to vote on for our virtual concert! What an amazing surprise that David added the snippet of this song from his youth, based upon a fan request. He went from being nervous, cautious and apologetic about this in San Antonio to more confident in SLC. Watch the transformation. But David’s nerves and desire to do the song justice is SOOOO ENDEARING! And he hits it out of the park every time. And the fans respond with honest praise.

If there was ever a reminder of how much we miss David in concert, this song is it.

Okay then, here we go!

1. Submitted by DavidFTFOD, here is a great Como La Flor from San Antonio, the first time he sang it on his solo tour. Video by erikcray. “Wait, my mom is here. What should I sing, Mom?”

And here is a fun find: Debbie posted her story in our comments that I re-printed below that SHE requested a song in Spanish and the Fan Concert Vid shows a glimpse her! And her teddy bear! TOO GOOD!

2. Submitted by Shelley @Shell_eeeyyy. And she is the videographer! Always shy and a bit embarrassed to start, David laces right into that verse and chorus and the crowd goes wild! Amazing quality close up and sound! And the ending! Tooo much!

3. As sent in by Martha @mlpb3. Video also by umechaz (Martha). This is in Albuquerque and taken from the balcony. Thanks to djhsail too for sending a similar one. The audio here is great and the fans are LOUD!!!!!

4. Another from Albuquerque. This is from Martha’s daughter Emily and it was just discovered last night! Great great close up and perfect audio; you can hear the fan reaction very well. You can almost see David’s thought process as he sings here, cutting out the verse in favour of the chorus. Thanks so much Martha for digging this up!

5. As sent in by Jana @Jana_OR_, Reno NV from Marissa R. So much fun to see the power in the little snippet, he is in very strong voice here! “Here we go….”

6. As submitted by Pattie @attwittsend. Pomona from Starrynites01. Watch him point periodically with his left hand. He’s just tickled and giddy when he finishes singing, but this performance makes me want much more!

7. Another from Ponoma submitted by Joanie @suttygal. Video from hannicaid. A slightly different vantage point, in sepia, and great audio. I like how David asks about Latino fans at the end and gets exactly the reaction he expected!

8. Recommended by Jen @jenleighbarry. In SLC, from Almostround9. Great lighting, audio and close ups. David has polished this song now, no longer hesitant in delivery. I love this snippet too because its longer!

Debbie started it all

I was saying with Video No. 1, yesterday I asked you to submit fan stories, and here’s one from Debbie in comments.

Credit: Robin

I went to David’s San Antonio concert on 3-12-09 I had a blast. I live in Eagle Pass,TX a small town southwest of San Antonio. I went with my daughter and a friend to my first concert ever. We left my house at 8:00 a.m. so we could get a good spot in line. I was very excited, we waited 7 hours and it was worth the wait. David came out with a BIG smile on his face he was beautiful and the fans went wild. David sang and smiled and moved around on stage like always does.

But then came the best part I yelled at David “Estas bien chulo” which means you’re cute. A few moments later after he introduced the band I yelled “Sing in spanish”. He didn’t know what to do at first but he ended up singing a bit of “Como la Flor” and the fans went wild. This is the best part I was singing along to one of his songs and he noticed, he stopped and looked at me straight in the eyes as he continued singing.

That’s not all ~ during the intermission I threw a teddy bear onto the stage but he didn’t see it. He saw it on his way out after the last song and picked it up.

I had the most amazing time of my life, will never forget it!

SEEEEE??? Debbie was responsible for the Como La Flor addition to the setlist!!! Thank you Debbie!

From Margy

Credit: Margy

Since we are reliving all of David’s concerts I just posted my anniversary recap from March 12, 2009 – San Antonio on my blog. I have a link there to my newly edited photos of the show. (Ed Note: These pics are AMAZING!!!!). Here is an excerpt:

The Scout Bar, where the concert was held, is a tiny (a heard it was the smallest venue on the tour), standing-room-only place and it was packed with crazy fans, anxious to sing along with David. One female fan standing close to the stage said, “Sing something in Spanish.” So after consulting Lupe, who had just joined him on the tour, a new beast was unleashed as David sang a snippet of “Como La Flor.” I don’t think he realized what was happening right then. I’m sure he wasn’t expecting the audience to sing along. It was an unforgettable moment for sure.

188 Responses to The David Archuleta Tuesday Run-down. ONLY TWO MORE WEEKS! NMHF Gifting program announced! Como La Flor vote, A fan request that started it all, David’s Causin’ Trouble, San Antonio Stupendous Pix, Stories and Concert-Waiting-Vid!

Oh….Happy Tuesday, everyone! Fantabulous post, Pastel!!!
He looked awesome in that blue shirt!
Debbie’s one real go-getter getting him to sing a Spanish song….haha!
Can’t wait to hear him sing more and record a Spanish album!

Candy, I guess he’s talking about now and the future. It’s a concept i’ve heard before…but WHAT or WHY did he send that particular message out of the blue like that? lol Was it just resonating with him right then when he was emailing Kari and so he decided to just add it in for us lol?
He must surely know we’re going to go off on all sorts of speculating tangents now….!….? lol

Shanny nope you just have opinions.. like that. by the way I don’t mind folks doing it I understand it for the most part. we love David to bits and want all that he does and is to be perfect I suppose? oh and for the most part I think David is one heck of an amazing talent and guy or I wouldn’t be here.
just that he is human (ha well I think so anyway ) and well no one is perfect. ha yes folks even David.
ha thing is though David not perfect is so much better then most folks out there.

Shanny- like everyone else you have your thoughts, opinions which I dont mind. I dont mind a different opinion, its when people fall out of the woodwork to drive home their point for days on end. *Beating that dead horse*
Ive learned over the four + years Ive been coming here to be cautious about what I say especially where David is concerned. I know there are others that feel the same…poor josie tiptoes around for days before saying anything. It shouldnt be that way…but it is what it is. I love a good discussion but at times (most times) it isnt worth the angst it stirs up!

Well that’s good to know. Always remember, I operate best with straight talk, so if you have a problem with me, you have permission to let me know. lol
I love Josie. She’s great. A sweetheart.
I think we all feel at times we have to be careful with what we say. I guess that’s what you do when you want to retain civility and respect and friendship.
Freedom of speech is a wonderful thing but it does require respect and self restraint at times too. I guess we all just have to do our best to feel our way along and figure out when and how to say things. I tend to think most things can be said if you figure out HOW to say it. But sometimes, timing is important too. I want people to be able to express themselves.

Maybe he’s talking about the “foundation” since it’s only a year to go before his comeback…..
Or maybe it’s just something that came to mind and he just wanted to give us words of wisdom to live by…..simple as that…..maybe.

potluck~ that was my first thought, that he was talking about heaven, but why? maybe he feels the end of world is near. ??? he is so intently spiritual right now that maybe God is sending him visions/messages to share with us.

My dad always told my sister and I, “Just because it is in your head, doesn’t mean you have to say it out loud.” I really didn’t get that when I was really young, but now in my old age, he was so right. We are all intitled to our opinion, but sometimes what we are thinking doesn’t need to be said to the public. I think everyone here does a pretty good job of thinking about how it might be received before we “speak”. Sometimes it is the way we say it, too. That is hard when we are not face to face and doing it in the written word.

I wouldn’t read any more into it, other than he can see how some of the experiences he is having on his mission are helping him prepare for challenges or situations he anticipates coming up in the future.
Hopefully that future he is envisioning is the post-mission one…and hopefully he is missing us just a teeny tiny bit…and maybe he is thinking about the future since it is virtually the half way point of his mission. I bet ya anything, the halfway point is causing him to reflect upon the past year and to anticipate the next year and beyond.

There, he got us thinking deeply again….LOL….which is good….but what I miss is his random, funny, light-hearted tweets….yup, that’s what I want to see…..like a senorita giving him the #3 out of the blue…..haha!

Actually, I have found keeping a journal is extremely cathartic for when you’re trying to say less. Writing it all down somewhere seems to help get it out of your system. No wonder David likes to journal.

Nooo! I hate how he just lets them believe it! Can you imagine how they must be kicking themselves if they figure it out! I know I would never forgive myself for having missed the awesomest opportunity on earth to talk to Mr David Archuleta!
Plus, they must feel eternally embarrassed. lol

Shanny–I hope they did figure it out….haha….but at least they got to talk to him randomly like that….without having to control their spazzing….which is very difficult, I tell you, if you’re a big fan….and he’s right there in front of you !

Potluck, that conversation is about the times when people get david’s identity wrong and he doesn’t correct them. Like the time when someone asked if he was ‘Ricky’ Archuleta. And didn’t another time someone ask him if he was David Cook and he just said ‘no’. lolol

‘cool, calm, collected’ Lol Maybe we need to write down a few things on a piece of paper and keep it in our bag at all times in case we accidentally bump into Ricky Archuleta. Then instead of becoming speechless we can just whip out the piece of paper and refer to what to say ‘In case of meeting the man’. Emergency preps Archies style.

I bet some of those mistaken identity people go home and tell their friends & fam that they saw a guy who looked just like Ricky Archuleta today…and then they say…No, his name is David Archuleta …and then they look up david archuleta on the internet and see a picture of the exact same guy they were talking to that day…and then kick themselves while wishing a hole in the ground would open up right then and there. lol

Awesome Tuesday post Pastel, thank you.
OH MY GOODNESS: a thought from our man for us fans to analyse to death..so cool,lol.
I for one am interpreting it in this way: a little hint that what he is doing is working so that it will prepare him for the awesome opportunities that are waiting for him when he return to his career. For some reason that though just filled my heart with joy!!!

Since I’m sure he is immersed in what he is doing right now for his mission experience maybe a postcard that says we miss those random tweets would jog his memory and since it will soon be his last year of his mission he will send some of those through Kari to get him ready for coming home. It would sure start a lot of buzz on twitter. lol

Good morning! Candy, Sarahhazel, Kimk, Shanny, tami, #cq, philly fan, Oinkier, Potluck8, Va Beach.
Yea! We got a tweet from our Muchacho Guapo!
He must know that his Archies are going to take this tweet and untweet it until we find out what he meant by it.
I think he meant that there are greater things coming our way!!LOL! JMO
I hope thats what he meant and maybe we will get tweets more frequently .
Praying here!!!!
Have work today, have a great day everyone. Will be lurking from work, See yall later.

tami ha trying to start stuff.. whether he is or not it is a good saying.
folks quote the Bible all the time and
that thought can relate to any number of things.
and from all that I have seen folks agree.
David is immersed night and day in that.. would make sense with what he would message.
now if he really ever does try and do anything directly that would be another issue.
will be folks choices to follow or not.
all I got is hope he picks up where he left and make good music. acting too cause I think there is a lot of potential for him.
if he chooses to go religious online and elsewhere well that is his choice.
not being into that I guess I would have to do what I need to.
like the folks knocking on my door.. stop answering the bell.

Just FYI, David didn’t quote the LDS scripture word for word, but it is in reference to it. It is a quote from the scripture used a lot in conference talks and elsewhere. It’s in the Book of Mormon in Alma. Part of it says “by small and simple things are great things brought to pass”. I won’t quote all of it, though I did on Twitter if anyone wants to see it.

Hello Everyone! lol, you guys are too funny, trying to figure out what David meant by the tweet. Its simple really. You know how he is. He see’s a sign on the road, thinks its funny or interesting, he tweets a pic of it or tells us about it. I’ve probably had 1,000 sayings told to me or have read them & had no idea they came from scripture, or not, over the years. Who cares, its a nice saying & can be applied to our lives in so many ways. He has also said that, experiences he’s had in his life, good or bad, have helped him or someone else, later in his life. Maybe a class you took for one thing, might help you with something totally different later in life or something difficult thing you went through before, helps you overcome a bigger obstacle now. Or, when you cooked your first turkey & forgot to take the inside stuff out & now when you have to cook Thanksgiving dinner for your family, including a “peske, troublesome mother-in-law or father-in-law”, you’re ready to knock their socks off with a great meal, because of the 1st mistake

Hey guys, something kind of interesting here, I like to check the iTunes Charts from time to time, the top 1500 pop album one mostly and right now both versions of his first cd and TOSOD and BEGIN, and also NMHF are in there! NMHF is currently at 685, and CFTH has been in the top 50 Christmas album list for a while. This may not be that big of a deal but it’s nice to see Davids music still in the charts even while he is away. TOSOD is not in this list a lot but his first cd is there almost all the time. Just wanted to share this with you all.

seriously wondering if david simply tweets whatever is on his mind at the moment or if he carefully plans it out knowing we will analyze? can’t decide if he is simple or complicated or both. but he sure does know how to be mysterious! just wanna know if it’s intentional lol

Afternoon everyone. Pastel super post. I love all of the videos.Proves that David gives a smashing performance every time. Love reading all of your interpretaions of the tweet today. I think the saying validates his reason for going on the mission and that his experiences there are going to make him appreciate all the things that will come when he returns. David always says what he means and means what he says. Anyone like him, who makes sacrifices and does what he truly believes in, will undoubtably be rewarded with wisdom. Okay I’m stepping off the soapbox now. If anything I love how he makes us think and ponder. Love you David.

Oh my goodness you found me! Yes that’s me in the white coat in the back. My daughter
is sitting in front seat and my friend is in the driver’s seat. I can’t believe I’m actually on your page after 4 years WOW! I only hope to thank David in person, someday. Thank you for posting my story.
Debbie (the go-getter)

Lucy- Thanks for the ITunes update on the charts. David does good considering the competition and how oldies (artists) are releasing their music around the same times. They announced that JT sold a million on ITunes as of last night. Golly!!

I’ve been wondering for awhile with all this talk of young Mormans getting married – many before they finish their college education, who supports these young people until they are ready to get a job? Is it usually the parents? Just wondering because I’m sure they face the challenges of needing a good education to get a decent job. Not trying to stir up any trouble here. I’m just wondering because it is different from my experience.

Kim-Just got back from driving my grandson to his friends. Heck you are right. That chapstick video was so sweet. David has such a good nature. Come to think of it, David could do any number of commercials except alcoholic beverages.

JEB, I live in a college town, and got married, back in the day, before I graduated from college. We lived on our student loans and part-time jobs. We lived in a tiny, cheap apartment. I’m sure that is how young, married Mormons would support themselves. Also one could be in school while the other has a full-time job.

Imo getting married and struggling can come at any age. With friends and family that took the plunge early, a few are still married, but for the most part, marriage just didn’t last. Maybe the Mormon community have a lot better luck than anyone outside Mormonism, maybe the pressure to stay together and have babies makes them more willing to work on their marriage or just stay no matter what…I guess it’s a cultural thing…Of course I would like to see David happy and married, but I just would like for him to take his time and not be pressured to hurry up and get married right after he returns from his mission, but that’s jmo. We as fans have zero control (as it should be) over David’s personal life. The only control we have is deciding to buy his music on not…..

Hi! everyone, home from work. Hope you have all had a good day!
It’s 80 here right now and will be all week.
Good to be home! My home is modest but it’s my home sweet home!!!
Sorry! feeling a little nostalgic, today
HURRY HOME DAVID PLEASE!!!!!

JEB – Think it depends on where you go. I was in college not too many years ago, a public state university. My tuition and room & board ran about $10,000-15,000 per year. My parents weren’t financially able to help out so I paid for my school with a combination of scholarships, grants and loans. I also worked a part time job to pay extra expenses. Of course, if you’re looking at the upper tier schools the cost is quite a bit higher.

Jeb – ditto to what the others said. Live frugally, work hard. That sort of thing.

I was laughing over the scripture connection…..david has tweeted things like that before and it was never a big deal. As some have said, it wasn’t a direct scriptural quote, it has a universal message and I don’t think it was preachy. Now if he started tweeting ‘Repent and be baptized’ or something then I’d expect a ton of squealing. lol And I think we’d all have our socks shocked off us too. Lds or not. lol

Hi everyone, hope you are having a great night so far, and that you voted on the poll. Please do so, we want the virtual concert to be the vids that YOU selected!

And hello Debbie. We loved that fact that we could put your story together with the vid I found on youtube and the Como La Flor /San Antonio connection came together. Did you know the vid existed? I love what the girls said about you and your group

Kim, I think Kari would have known a lot of the tricks of the trade beforehand. But circumstances and the artist’s vary I guess. JT can probably get in doors david can’t and he’s probably willing to walk through doors david isn’t.

Ha, haven’t heard that song for years. Notice how, other artists have monetized their video’s these days. I’ve often thought david should do that too.

I’m pretty sure david would be onto us. lol
And of course, it’s just all jokes. Baptizing people for the wrong reasons is not a good move.

Supergrand, aww thank you. Yes i’m feeling a lot better now. Wasn’t well for a couple of weeks and then I had insomnia too so that made things drag out a bit longer, plus family stuff going on etc. But it’s just easy stuff ahead for the rest of the month now. Thanks for caring.

Kim- Missionary Man and the Eurythmics. Oh my heavens, Annie Lennox looked so young. That was jamming. I missed that song and them. I knew of the Eurythmics but was probably occupied with my four kids. Anyways, thanks for he video, I really enjoyed that. I love the message,too.

A quick stop today to say thank you to Pastel for the fantastic post and for always supportive of my vids…thank you for post it on FOD front page :). Since the gifting program’s announced I think it’s safe if I want to spread the words on my FB !?! thank you to all the generous doners <3

The black and white pic was so beautiful, so nice to get words from the man himself, I saw twitter and here are explode with all the speculation haha David's good at it…like to keep people thinking/hanging lol.
Choose Como La flor, love when he sings in Spanish tho I don't understand a word…it sounds so romantic, urr and what does como la flor mean, exactly hehe?

Thank you all for taking the time to watch my vid, hope it puts a little smile on you face(s). Have to go now busy day ahead!! good day/night all.

Eurythmics Sweet Dreamshttp://youtu.be/qeMFqkcPYcg
great song for David to cover
great message
the way she wails.. he could kill us
drum beat is awesome
even acoustic would be fabulous!
not to mention David likes Annie!!

Kim- That’s a great song. That’s the only one I know of. Forgot the title. Oye, I’m getting old. The music was in my head but not the Title. David does like Annie Lennox. A while ago they honored her on Grammy’s. She sang great.

Shanny- You are on a roll tonight. Hi, Oinkiers, pocoelsy, Linda and Beth.

Kim and Beth you both have come up with really choice music for David. Santana was at the Latino We Are The World video with David. David was with all the greats that night. Any one of them would do great making an album with him.

heck a Spanish cd.. all he has to do is come back tan and latino.. speak with an accent and girls will go wild!!
ha also the ones who think they are young!
my guess.. we’ll hit over 500 comments every day just on spazz!!!

I just love it when David sings in Spanish…..Coma La Flora is PERFECT…He must do a Spanish album when he gets back…What is all this talk about college and getting married….Is this the new David rumor out there today???…….It must be cultural to come back and get married right away after your Mission. Mormons expect young adults to abstain from sex before marriage so it must be the practice in the Mormon culture to marry quickly so pre marital sex is not a temptation. I think David will take his time in getting married. I can’t see him just marrying anyone around just for the sake of getting married……I may be wrong though…Maybe he has developed a romantic interest in one of his lady friends back home and plans to marry when her returns….Who knows…..Miss Vicki

EXCITED for the virtual concert Saturday! THANKS FOD! Hope I get home from work in time! David’s first solo concert was EPIC! To see how comfortable he got on stage and with the audience as the tour progressed is FUN to watch! Can’t wait till his return to the stage! LOVE the WORLD TOUR idea!

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